Ash-chute



(No Model.)

M. MAHONY.

ASH CHUTE. No. 346,486. Patented Aug. 3, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL MAHONY, OF TROY, NEV YORK.

ASH-CHUTE.

SPEIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,486, dated August 3, 1886.

Application tiled May 5, 1886. Serial No. 201,227.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, MICHAEL MAHONY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Chutes, of which the fol lowing is a speeilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of devices known as ash-chutes7 for houses having many iioors occupied by different families and offices, whereby the parties on one iloor may empty their ashes into a ilue without disturbing the Vothers on the other floors; and the objects of my improvements are to provide a simple and effective device, free Yfrom springs or other yielding parts, in which the ashes are first emptied and the door leading thereto may be closed before the valve in the bottom of said device is opened.

I accomplish the objects by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the ash-chute constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the bottom open and the front side broken away to show the arrangement of the valve-operating levers. Fig. 2 is a vertical section ofthe same, showing` the bottom valve closed.

The frame is represented at A. It is usually made of cast-iron. Its portion a is retained in the inner wall of the iiue, with its pocket at hanging in said flue. The front A is generally set even with the inner face of the wall, and it has hinged thereto a door, B, provided with a latch, Z1, or other suitable fastening, to retain it secured after it has been closed.

The bottom of the chute is closed byavalve, C, hinged at c to the bottom edge ofthe frame A, and to the inner side of the valve is pivoted at c2 a rod, d, extending up within the (No model.)

chute to a point opposite the door I3. Under this door B the front Aof the frame has aperforation, through which is passed horizontally a rod, h, the rear end et' which passes also through the back of the frame, where it is retained either by a nut or by upsetting or riveting it. The l'ront end ofthe rod h carries a handle, H, by which it can be rotated either to the right or to the left. rlhe rod l1 is pro` vided with a cranlearm, if, the outer end of which is pivoted to the upper end ofthe vertical rod d, so that by rotating the horizontal rod h half a turn the valve C can be swung down and the ash-chute opened, or by the in- Verse rotation the vertical rod d can be elevate-d and the valve closed. To retain the Valve closed a short bend or curve is made on the rod d at the point that comes in contact with the rod l1., so that when turning the handle H the rod d will occupya position slightly beyond the perpendicular, and by leaning against the rod h will retain the valve closed without necessitating the use of any spring.

Having new fully described my invention, I Claim- An ashchute consisting of a hollow frame, A, having a door, B, upon one side, and under said door a horizontal rod, lz., passing through the front of said frame and carrying a crank-arm, ht', in combination with a valve hinged to the bottom ofthe frame, and a vertical rod, d, having its lower end hinged to the valve and its upper end pivote-d tothe crank-arm, substantially as and i'or the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL MAIIONY.

Witnesses:

WM. SHAW, IIEREERT D. BAILEY. 

